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• Staff at University of Leeds call for strikes if no progress in talks Members of UCU at the University of Leeds have today announced that unless there is real progress towards reaching agreement in the next week they will be taking strike action on Thursday 18 March.

• Prisoner rehabilitation a 'pipe dream', says UCU, as main prison education provider axes hundreds of jobs UCU today warned that rehabilitation of prisoners would remain a pipe dream as hundreds of prison educators faced the sack.

• Strike date set at University of Sussex Members of UCU at the University of Sussex have today announced that they will be out on strike on Thursday 18 March.

• Northumberland College told to come clean on job loss plans UCU today told Northumberland College to come clean over plans to sack staff. The union was responding to a letter from the college that warned of redundancies, but failed to give any indication of the number of jobs at risk, and warned ominously that 'more radical measures are likely to be required.'

• Funding cuts putting UK research reputation at risk as other countries invest more, warns report UCU today backed a report's calls for more investment in research and development.

• Staffordshire University pays £110,000 compensation to stressed staff member A university worker who had to work 65-hours a week has received £110,000 in compensation after he had to give up work due to stress.

• Scrap fees and fund university through business tax, says new report A report released today by UCU recommends raising the level of corporation tax in the UK to the G7 countries' average to raise enough money to abolish all university tuition fees.